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Just For One Day - sounds interesting...

 https://www.oldvictheatre.com/stage/event/just-for-one-day

Relive the day music brought the world together.   

Featuring the songs of Bob DylanDavid Bowie, The Who, U2, Queen, The Police, Elton John, Paul McCartney, The Pretenders, The Cars, Status Quo, Paul Weller, Sade, The Boomtown Rats, Bryan Adams, Diana Ross, Ultravox and more, this is the story of Live Aid and the people united by it.  

Political unrest, social revolution, boom and bust. In a decade of neon and noise, one moment made the world stand still and brought 1.5 billion people together and they all have a story to tell about the day rock n roll changed the world. 



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https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66948358

Live Aid, one of the most famous concerts of all time, is to become a stage musical in London next year. 

The original event, at Wembley Stadium on 13 July 1985, was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. 

The musical, called Just For One Day, will feature songs played that day by acts including Queen, U2, Sir Elton John, Sir Paul McCartney and Sting.

It will be on at London's Old Vic Theatre from 26 January to 30 March. 

Sitting on the stage at the Old Vic, one thing that Geldof wants to make very clear is that there will not be anyone pretending to be the singers. 

"This isn't a tribute thing. I wouldn't have anything to do with that. So, there isn't a person dressed up as Freddie wearing a crap moustache. The songs drive the drama along," he says.

The plot of Just For One Day, named after a line in David Bowie's Heroes, will balance a behind-the-scenes look at how Band Aid and Live Aid came together, with a love story inspired by real events. 

"The story is based on actual testimony from the day," explains Geldof. "It's real people telling their story throughout this. So it's complex theatre." 

The musical is being made with the full permission of the Band Aid Charitable Trust, which will receive 10% of every ticket sale.

 



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West End transfer - will look out for some cheap matinee tickets.

Performances will begin on 15 May 2025 at the Shaftesbury Theatre, with a special gala performance planned for 13 July, marking 40 years since the original Live Aid concerts in London and Philadelphia. It is currently booking until 10 January 2026.



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Seats from £36 - £212. No way am I paying £200 plus! More than Oasis!

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